Talk:-trix

The “root of a perfect passive participle” ends in t in all of the examples. For a masculine agent, –or is added; for a feminine agent, –rix is added.

(often poetic or derogatory)?
The article claims -trix to often be derogatory. While certainly sites like https://www.ou.edu/ludilatini/insultshandoutFall2003.htm emphasise proper gender agreement for derogatory terms, I don't know that the -trix ending is itself derogatory, even if the original Romans may have had different views on women than those accepted today. Perhaps the -trix ending is derogatory when applied to males, but that misgendering someone be an insult sometimes is not generally noted in this dictionary. Even potential derogatory usage of a female term is noted differently on https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/girl as "(sometimes offensive, see usage note)" and elaborated upon with context. I would vote to remove this portion Jorganmir (talk) 18:49, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

RFM discussion: October 2020–March 2024

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